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xorg.conf(5)							  xorg.conf(5)

NAME
       xorg.conf - configuration File for Xorg X server

INTRODUCTION
       Xorg  supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration
       and run-time parameters: command line options,  environment  variables,
       the   xorg.conf	 configuration	 file,	auto-detection,	 and  fallback
       defaults.  When the same information is supplied in more than one  way,
       the  highest  precedence	 mechanism is used.  The list of mechanisms is
       ordered from highest precedence to lowest.  Note that not  all  parame‐
       ters  can  be  supplied	via  all  methods.  The available command line
       options and environment variables (and some defaults) are described  in
       the  Xserver(1)	and  Xorg(1)  manual  pages.   Most configuration file
       parameters, with their defaults, are described below.  Driver and  mod‐
       ule  specific  configuration  parameters	 are described in the relevant
       driver or module manual page.

DESCRIPTION
       Xorg uses a configuration file called xorg.conf for its initial	setup.
       This  configuration  file  is searched for in the following places when
       the server is started as a normal user:

	   /etc/X11/<cmdline>
	   /usr/etc/X11/<cmdline>
	   /etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG
	   /usr/etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG
	   /etc/X11/xorg.conf-4
	   /etc/X11/xorg.conf
	   /etc/xorg.conf
	   /usr/etc/X11/xorg.conf.<hostname>
	   /usr/etc/X11/xorg.conf-4
	   /usr/etc/X11/xorg.conf
	   /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.<hostname>
	   /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf-4
	   /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf

       where <cmdline> is a relative path (with no “..” components)  specified
       with  the -config command line option, $XORGCONFIG is the relative path
       (with no “..” components) specified by that environment	variable,  and
       <hostname> is the machine's hostname as reported by gethostname(3).

       When  the  Xorg	server	is started by the “root” user, the config file
       search locations are as follows:

	   <cmdline>
	   /etc/X11/<cmdline>
	   /usr/etc/X11/<cmdline>
	   $XORGCONFIG
	   /etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG
	   /usr/etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG
	   /etc/X11/xorg.conf-4
	   /etc/X11/xorg.conf
	   /etc/xorg.conf
	   /usr/etc/X11/xorg.conf.<hostname>
	   /usr/etc/X11/xorg.conf-4
	   /usr/etc/X11/xorg.conf
	   /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.<hostname>
	   /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf-4
	   /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf

       where <cmdline> is the path specified with  the	-config	 command  line
       option  (which  may  be	absolute or relative), $XORGCONFIG is the path
       specified by that environment variable (absolute or relative), $HOME is
       the  path  specified  by	 that  environment  variable (usually the home
       directory), and <hostname> is the machine's  hostname  as  reported  by
       gethostname(3).

       The  xorg.conf  file  is	 composed of a number of sections which may be
       present in any order, or omitted to use default	configuration  values.
       Each section has the form:

	   Section  "SectionName"
	       SectionEntry
	       ...
	   EndSection

       The section names are:

	   Files	  File pathnames
	   ServerFlags	  Server flags
	   Module	  Dynamic module loading
	   Extensions	  Extension enabling
	   InputDevice	  Input device description
	   Device	  Graphics device description
	   VideoAdaptor	  Xv video adaptor description
	   Monitor	  Monitor description
	   Modes	  Video modes descriptions
	   Screen	  Screen configuration
	   ServerLayout	  Overall layout
	   DRI		  DRI-specific configuration
	   Vendor	  Vendor-specific configuration

       The  following obsolete section names are still recognised for compati‐
       bility purposes.	 In new config files, the InputDevice  section	should
       be used instead.

	   Keyboard	  Keyboard configuration
	   Pointer	  Pointer/mouse configuration

       The old XInput section is no longer recognised.

       The ServerLayout sections are at the highest level.  They bind together
       the input and output devices that will be used in a session.  The input
       devices are described in the InputDevice sections.  Output devices usu‐
       ally consist of multiple independent components (e.g., a graphics board
       and  a  monitor).   These multiple components are bound together in the
       Screen sections, and it is these that are referenced by the  ServerLay‐
       out section.  Each Screen section binds together a graphics board and a
       monitor.	 The graphics boards are described in the Device sections, and
       the monitors are described in the Monitor sections.

       Config  file  keywords  are  case-insensitive,  and  “_” characters are
       ignored.	 Most strings (including Option names) are also	 case-insensi‐
       tive, and insensitive to white space and “_” characters.

       Each  config  file  entry  usually  takes up a single line in the file.
       They consist of a keyword, which is possibly followed by	 one  or  more
       arguments,  with the number and types of the arguments depending on the
       keyword.	 The argument types are:

	   Integer     an integer number in decimal, hex or octal
	   Real	       a floating point number
	   String      a string enclosed in double quote marks (")

       Note: hex integer values must be prefixed with “0x”, and	 octal	values
       with “0”.

       A  special  keyword called Option may be used to provide free-form data
       to various components of the server.  The Option keyword	 takes	either
       one  or	two  string  arguments.	 The first is the option name, and the
       optional second argument is  the	 option	 value.	  Some	commonly  used
       option value types include:

	   Integer     an integer number in decimal, hex or octal
	   Real	       a floating point number
	   String      a sequence of characters
	   Boolean     a boolean value (see below)
	   Frequency   a frequency value (see below)

       Note  that  all	Option	values,	 not just strings, must be enclosed in
       quotes.

       Boolean options may optionally have a value specified.  When  no	 value
       is specified, the option's value is TRUE.  The following boolean option
       values are recognised as TRUE:

	   1, on, true, yes

       and the following boolean option values are recognised as FALSE:

	   0, off, false, no

       If an option name is prefixed with  "No",  then	the  option  value  is
       negated.

       Example: the following option entries are equivalent:

	   Option "Accel"   "Off"
	   Option "NoAccel"
	   Option "NoAccel" "On"
	   Option "Accel"   "false"
	   Option "Accel"   "no"

       Frequency  option  values  consist  of a real number that is optionally
       followed by one of the following frequency units:

	   Hz, k, kHz, M, MHz

       When the unit name is omitted, the correct  units  will	be  determined
       from  the  value	 and  the expectations of the appropriate range of the
       value.  It is recommended that the units always be specified when using
       frequency option values to avoid any errors in determining the value.

FILES SECTION
       The  Files  section  is used to specify some path names required by the
       server.	Some of these paths can also be set from the command line (see
       Xserver(1) and Xorg(1)).	 The command line settings override the values
       specified in the config file.  The Files section is  optional,  as  are
       all of the entries that may appear in it.

       The entries that can appear in this section are:

       FontPath "path"
	      sets  the search path for fonts.	This path is a comma separated
	      list of font path elements which the Xorg	 server	 searches  for
	      font databases.  Multiple FontPath entries may be specified, and
	      they will be concatenated to build up the fontpath used  by  the
	      server.	Font  path  elements  can be absolute directory paths,
	      catalogue directories or a font server identifier.  The  formats
	      of the later two are explained below:

	      Catalogue directories:

		  Catalogue directories can be specified using the prefix cat‐
		  alogue: before the directory name. The directory can then be
		  populated  with  symlinks pointing to the real font directo‐
		  ries, using the following syntax in the symlink name:

		      <identifier>:[attribute]:pri=<priority>

		  where	  <identifier>	 is   an   alphanumeric	   identifier,
		  [attribute]  is  an  attribute  which	 will be passed to the
		  underlying FPE and <priority> is a number used to order  the
		  fontfile FPEs. Examples:

		      75dpi:unscaled:pri=20 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi
		      gscript:pri=60 -> /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript
		      misc:unscaled:pri=10 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc

	      Font server identifiers:

		  Font server identifiers have the form:

		      <trans>/<hostname>:<port-number>

		  where <trans> is the transport type to use to connect to the
		  font server (e.g., unix for UNIX-domain sockets or tcp for a
		  TCP/IP  connection),	<hostname>  is	the  hostname  of  the
		  machine running the font server, and	<port-number>  is  the
		  port	number	that  the font server is listening on (usually
		  7100).

	      When this entry is not specified in the config file, the	server
	      falls  back to the compiled-in default font path, which contains
	      the following font path elements (which can be set inside a cat‐
	      alogue directory):

		  /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/
		  /usr/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/
		  /usr/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/
		  /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/
		  /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/
		  /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/

	      Font path elements that are found to be invalid are removed from
	      the font path when the server starts up.

       ModulePath "path"
	      sets the search path for loadable	 Xorg  server  modules.	  This
	      path  is	a  comma  separated list of directories which the Xorg
	      server searches for loadable modules loading in the order speci‐
	      fied.   Multiple	ModulePath  entries may be specified, and they
	      will be concatenated to build the module search path used by the
	      server.  The default module path is

		  /usr/lib64/xorg/modules

       XkbDir "path"
	      sets  the base directory for keyboard layout files.  The -xkbdir
	      command line option can be used to override this.	  The  default
	      directory is

		  /usr/share/X11/xkb

SERVERFLAGS SECTION
       In  addition to options specific to this section (described below), the
       ServerFlags section is used to specify some global Xorg server options.
       All  of	the entries in this section are Options, although for compati‐
       bility purposes some of the old style  entries  are  still  recognised.
       Those old style entries are not documented here, and using them is dis‐
       couraged.  The ServerFlags section is optional, as are the entries that
       may be specified in it.

       Options	specified in this section (with the exception of the "Default‐
       ServerLayout" Option) may be overridden by  Options  specified  in  the
       active ServerLayout section.  Options with command line equivalents are
       overridden when their command line equivalent  is  used.	  The  options
       recognised by this section are:

       Option "DefaultServerLayout"  "layout-id"
	      This  specifies  the  default ServerLayout section to use in the
	      absence of the -layout command line option.

       Option "NoTrapSignals"  "boolean"
	      This prevents the Xorg server from trapping  a  range  of	 unex‐
	      pected  fatal  signals  and  exiting cleanly.  Instead, the Xorg
	      server will die and drop core where  the	fault  occurred.   The
	      default  behaviour  is  for the Xorg server to exit cleanly, but
	      still drop a core file.  In general you never want to  use  this
	      option  unless you are debugging an Xorg server problem and know
	      how to deal with the consequences.

       Option "UseSIGIO"  "boolean"
	      This controls whether the Xorg server requests that events  from
	      input devices be reported via a SIGIO signal handler (also known
	      as SIGPOLL on some platforms), or only reported via the standard
	      select(3)	 loop.	 The  default  behaviour is platform specific.
	      In general you do not want to use this  option  unless  you  are
	      debugging	 the  Xorg  server,  or	 working around a specific bug
	      until it is fixed, and understand the consequences.

       Option "DontVTSwitch"  "boolean"
	      This disallows the use of the  Ctrl+Alt+Fn  sequence  (where  Fn
	      refers  to one of the numbered function keys).  That sequence is
	      normally used to switch to another "virtual terminal" on operat‐
	      ing  systems  that  have	this  feature.	 When  this  option is
	      enabled, that key sequence has no special meaning and is	passed
	      to clients.  Default: off.

       Option "DontZap"	 "boolean"
	      This  disallows the use of the Terminate_Server XKB action (usu‐
	      ally on Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, depending  on	 XKB  options).	  This
	      action is normally used to terminate the Xorg server.  When this
	      option is enabled, the action has no effect.  Default: off.

       Option "ZapWarning"  "boolean"
	      This warns the user loudly when the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace  sequence
	      is  pressed  for	the  first  time but still terminates the Xorg
	      server when this key-sequence is pressed	again  shortly	after.
	      Default: off.

       Option "DontZoom"  "boolean"
	      This   disallows	 the   use  of	the  Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus  and
	      Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus sequences.	These sequences allows you  to
	      switch  between video modes.  When this option is enabled, those
	      key sequences have no special meaning and are passed to clients.
	      Default: off.

       Option "DisableVidModeExtension"	 "boolean"
	      This  disables  the  parts  of the VidMode extension used by the
	      xvidtune client that can be used	to  change  the	 video	modes.
	      Default: the VidMode extension is enabled.

       Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"  "boolean"
	      This  allows the xvidtune client (and other clients that use the
	      VidMode extension) to connect from another host.	Default: off.

       Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "boolean"
	      This tells the mousedrv(4) and vmmouse(4) drivers to not	report
	      failure if the mouse device can't be opened/initialised.	It has
	      no effect on the evdev(4) or other drivers.  The previous	 func‐
	      tionality	 of  allowing the server to start up even if the mouse
	      device  can't  be	 opened/initialised  is	 now  handled  by  the
	      AllowEmptyInput option.  Default: false.

       Option "VTSysReq"  "boolean"
	      enables  the  SYSV-style VT switch sequence for non-SYSV systems
	      which support VT switching.  This sequence is Alt-SysRq followed
	      by  a function key (Fn).	This prevents the Xorg server trapping
	      the keys used for the default VT switch  sequence,  which	 means
	      that clients can access them.  Default: off.

       Option "BlankTime"  "time"
	      sets  the	 inactivity timeout for the blank phase of the screen‐
	      saver.  time is in minutes.  This	 is  equivalent	 to  the  Xorg
	      server's	-s flag, and the value can be changed at run-time with
	      xset(1).	Default: 10 minutes.

       Option "StandbyTime"  "time"
	      sets the inactivity timeout for the standby phase of DPMS	 mode.
	      time  is	in  minutes,  and the value can be changed at run-time
	      with xset(1).  Default: 10 minutes.  This is only	 suitable  for
	      VESA  DPMS  compatible monitors, and may not be supported by all
	      video drivers.  It is only enabled for  screens  that  have  the
	      "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR section below).

       Option "SuspendTime"  "time"
	      sets  the inactivity timeout for the suspend phase of DPMS mode.
	      time is in minutes, and the value can  be	 changed  at  run-time
	      with  xset(1).   Default: 10 minutes.  This is only suitable for
	      VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be supported  by  all
	      video  drivers.	It  is	only enabled for screens that have the
	      "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR section below).

       Option "OffTime"	 "time"
	      sets the inactivity timeout for the  off	phase  of  DPMS	 mode.
	      time  is	in  minutes,  and the value can be changed at run-time
	      with xset(1).  Default: 10 minutes.  This is only	 suitable  for
	      VESA  DPMS  compatible monitors, and may not be supported by all
	      video drivers.  It is only enabled for  screens  that  have  the
	      "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR section below).

       Option "Pixmap"	"bpp"
	      This sets the pixmap format to use for depth 24.	Allowed values
	      for bpp are 24 and 32.  Default: 32  unless  driver  constraints
	      don't  allow  this  (which  is  rare).  Note: some clients don't
	      behave well when this value is set to 24.

       Option "PC98"  "boolean"
	      Specify that the machine is  a  Japanese	PC-98  machine.	  This
	      should  not be enabled for anything other than the Japanese-spe‐
	      cific PC-98 architecture.	 Default: auto-detected.

       Option "NoPM"  "boolean"
	      Disables something to do with power management events.  Default:
	      PM enabled on platforms that support it.

       Option "Xinerama"  "boolean"
	      enable or disable XINERAMA extension.  Default is disabled.

       Option "AIGLX" "boolean"
	      enable or disable AIGLX. AIGLX is enabled by default.

       Option "DRI2" "boolean"
	      enable or disable DRI2. DRI2 is disabled by default.

       Option "GlxVisuals" "string"
	      This  option  controls how many GLX visuals the GLX modules sets
	      up.  The default value is typical, which will setup up a typical
	      subset  of  the GLXFBConfigs provided by the driver as GLX visu‐
	      als.  Other options are minimal, which will set up  the  minimal
	      set  allowed  by	the GLX specification and all which will setup
	      GLX visuals for all GLXFBConfigs.

       Option "UseDefaultFontPath" "boolean"
	      Include the default font path even if other paths are  specified
	      in xorg.conf. If enabled, other font paths are included as well.
	      Enabled by default.

       Option "IgnoreABI" "boolean"
	      Allow modules built for a	 different,  potentially  incompatible
	      version of the X server to load. Disabled by default.

       Option "AllowEmptyInput" "boolean"
	      If  enabled,  don't add the standard keyboard and mouse drivers,
	      if there are no input devices in the config  file.   Enabled  by
	      default if AutoAddDevices and AutoEnableDevices is enabled, oth‐
	      erwise disabled.	If AllowEmptyInput is on,  devices  using  the
	      kbd, mouse or vmmouse driver are ignored.

       Option "AutoAddDevices" "boolean"
	      If  this	option is disabled, then no devices will be added from
	      HAL events.  Enabled by default.

       Option "AutoEnableDevices" "boolean"
	      If this option is disabled, then the devices will be added  (and
	      the  DevicePresenceNotify	 event	sent),	but  not enabled, thus
	      leaving policy up to the client.	Enabled by default.

       Option "Log" "string"
	      This option controls whether the log is flushed and/or synced to
	      disk  after  each	 message.   Possible values are flush or sync.
	      Unset by default.

MODULE SECTION
       The Module section is used to specify which Xorg server modules	should
       be  loaded.   This  section is ignored when the Xorg server is built in
       static form.  The type of modules normally loaded in this  section  are
       Xorg  server  extension	modules.   Most	 other module types are loaded
       automatically when they are needed via other  mechanisms.   The	Module
       section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in
       it.

       Entries in this section may be in two forms.  The first and  most  com‐
       monly  used  form  is an entry that uses the Load keyword, as described
       here:

       Load  "modulename"
	      This instructs the server to load the module called  modulename.
	      The  module name given should be the module's standard name, not
	      the module file name.  The standard name is case-sensitive,  and
	      does  not	 include the “lib” prefix, or the “.a”, “.o”, or “.so”
	      suffixes.

	      Example: the DRI extension module can be loaded with the follow‐
	      ing entry:

		  Load "dri"

       Disable	"modulename"
	      This  instructs the server to not load the module called module‐
	      name.  Some modules are loaded by default	 in  the  server,  and
	      this  overrides that default. If a Load instruction is given for
	      the same module, it overrides the Disable	 instruction  and  the
	      module  is  loaded. The module name given should be the module's
	      standard name, not the  module  file  name.  As  with  the  Load
	      instruction,  the	 standard name is case-sensitive, and does not
	      include the "lib" prefix, or the ".a", ".o", or ".so" suffixes.

       The second form of entry is a  SubSection,  with	 the  subsection  name
       being the module name, and the contents of the SubSection being Options
       that are passed to the module when it is loaded.

       Example: the extmod module (which contains  a  miscellaneous  group  of
       server  extensions)  can be loaded, with the XFree86-DGA extension dis‐
       abled by using the following entry:

	   SubSection "extmod"
	      Option  "omit XFree86-DGA"
	   EndSubSection

       Modules are searched for in each directory specified in the  ModulePath
       search  path, and in the drivers, extensions, input, internal, and mul‐
       timedia subdirectories of each of those directories.   In  addition  to
       this,  operating	 system	 specific  subdirectories of all the above are
       searched first if they exist.

       To see what extension modules are available, check the extensions  sub‐
       directory under:

	   /usr/lib64/xorg/modules

       The  “extmod”, “dbe”, “dri”, “dri2”, “glx”, and “record” extension mod‐
       ules are loaded automatically, if they  are  present,  unless  disabled
       with  "Disable"	entries.   It  is  recommended	that at very least the
       “extmod” extension module be loaded.  If it isn't, some	commonly  used
       server extensions (like the SHAPE extension) will not be available.

EXTENSIONS SECTION
       The Extensions section is used to specify which X11 protocol extensions
       should be enabled or disabled.  The Extensions section is optional,  as
       are all of the entries that may be specified in it.

       Entries	in  this section are listed as Option statements with the name
       of the extension as the first argument, and a boolean value as the sec‐
       ond.   The extension name is case-sensitive, and matches the form shown
       in the output of "Xorg -extension ?".

	      Example: the MIT-SHM extension can be disabled with the  follow‐
	      ing entry:

		  Section "Extensions"
		      Option "MIT-SHM" "Disable"
		  EndSection

INPUTDEVICE SECTION
       The  config  file  may  have  multiple  InputDevice sections.  Recent X
       servers employ input hotplugging to add input  devices,	with  the  HAL
       backend	being  the default backend for X servers since 1.4. It is usu‐
       ally not necessary to provide InputDevice sections in the xorg.conf  if
       hotplugging is enabled.

       If  hotplugging	is  disabled, there will normally be at least two: one
       for the core (primary) keyboard and  one	 for  the  core	 pointer.   If
       either of these two is missing, a default configuration for the missing
       ones will be used. In the absence of an explicitly specified core input
       device,	the  first InputDevice marked as CorePointer (or CoreKeyboard)
       is used.	 If there is no match there, the first InputDevice  that  uses
       the  “mouse”  (or  “kbd”) driver is used.  The final fallback is to use
       built-in default configurations.	 Currently the	default	 configuration
       may not work as expected on all platforms.

       InputDevice sections have the following format:

	   Section "InputDevice"
	       Identifier "name"
	       Driver	  "inputdriver"
	       options
	       ...
	   EndSection

       The  Identifier and Driver entries are required in all InputDevice sec‐
       tions.  All other entries are optional.

       The Identifier entry specifies the unique name for this	input  device.
       The Driver entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this input
       device.	When using  the	 loadable  server,  the	 input	driver	module
       "inputdriver"  will  be loaded for each active InputDevice section.  An
       InputDevice section is considered active if  it	is  referenced	by  an
       active  ServerLayout  section,  if it is referenced by the -keyboard or
       -pointer command line options, or if it is selected implicitly  as  the
       core  pointer or keyboard device in the absence of such explicit refer‐
       ences.  The most commonly used input drivers are evdev(4) on Linux sys‐
       tems, and kbd(4) and mousedrv(4) on other platforms.

       InputDevice  sections  recognise some driver-independent Options, which
       are described here.  See the individual input driver manual pages for a
       description of the device-specific options.

       Option "CorePointer"
	      Deprecated, use SendCoreEvents instead.

       Option "CoreKeyboard"
	      Deprecated, use SendCoreEvents instead.

       Option "AlwaysCore"  "boolean"
	      Deprecated, use SendCoreEvents instead.

       Option "SendCoreEvents"	"boolean"
	      Both of these options are equivalent, and when enabled cause the
	      input device to report core events through  the  master  device.
	      They are enabled by default.  Any device configured to send core
	      events will be attached to the virtual core pointer or  keyboard
	      and  control  the cursor by default. Devices with SendCoreEvents
	      disabled will be	"floating"  and	 only  accessible  by  clients
	      employing	 the  X	 Input	extension.  This  option  controls the
	      startup behavior only, a device may be reattached or set	float‐
	      ing at runtime.

       Option "SendDragEvents"	"boolean"
	      Send core events while dragging. Enabled by default.

       For  pointing devices, the following options control how the pointer is
       accelerated or decelerated with respect to physical device motion. Most
       of  these  can  be  adjusted at runtime, see the xinput(1) man page for
       details. Only the most important	 acceleration  options	are  discussed
       here.

       Option "AccelerationProfile"  "integer"
	      Select  the  profile. In layman's terms, the profile constitutes
	      the "feeling" of the acceleration. More formally, it defines how
	      the transfer function (actual acceleration as a function of cur‐
	      rent device velocity and acceleration controls) is  constructed.
	      This is mainly a matter of personal preference.

	      0	     classic (mostly compatible)
	     -1	     none (only constant deceleration is applied)
	      1	     device-dependent
	      2	     polynomial (polynomial function)
	      3	     smooth linear (soft knee, then linear)
	      4	     simple (normal when slow, otherwise accelerated)
	      5	     power (power function)
	      6	     linear (more speed, more acceleration)

       Option "ConstantDeceleration"  "real"
	      Makes the pointer go deceleration times slower than normal. Most
	      useful for high-resolution devices.

       Option "AdaptiveDeceleration"  "real"
	      Allows to actually decelerate the pointer when  going  slow.  At
	      most,  it	 will  be  adaptive deceleration times slower. Enables
	      precise pointer placement without sacrificing speed.

       Option "AccelerationScheme"  "string"
	      Selects the scheme, which is the underlying algorithm.

	      predictable   default algorithm (behaving more predictable)
	      lightweight   old acceleration code (as specified in the X protocol spec)
	      none	    no acceleration or deceleration

DEVICE SECTION
       The config file may have multiple Device sections.  There  must	be  at
       least one, for the video card being used.

       Device sections have the following format:

	   Section "Device"
	       Identifier "name"
	       Driver	  "driver"
	       entries
	       ...
	   EndSection

       The  Identifier and Driver entries are required in all Device sections.
       All other entries are optional.

       The Identifier entry  specifies	the  unique  name  for	this  graphics
       device.	 The  Driver entry specifies the name of the driver to use for
       this graphics device.  When using the loadable server, the driver  mod‐
       ule  "driver"  will be loaded for each active Device section.  A Device
       section is considered active if it is referenced by  an	active	Screen
       section.

       Device  sections recognise some driver-independent entries and Options,
       which  are  described  here.   Not  all	drivers	 make  use  of	 these
       driver-independent  entries,  and  many	of those that do don't require
       them to be specified because the information is auto-detected.  See the
       individual  graphics  driver manual pages for further information about
       this, and for a description of the device-specific options.  Note  that
       most  of	 the  Options  listed  here (but not the other entries) may be
       specified in the Screen section instead of here in the Device section.

       BusID  "bus-id"
	      This specifies the bus  location	of  the	 graphics  card.   For
	      PCI/AGP	 cards,	   the	  bus-id    string    has   the	  form
	      PCI:bus:device:function (e.g., “PCI:1:0:0” might be  appropriate
	      for an AGP card).	 This field is usually optional in single-head
	      configurations when using the primary graphics card.  In	multi-
	      head  configurations, or when using a secondary graphics card in
	      a single-head configuration, this entry is mandatory.  Its  main
	      purpose  is to make an unambiguous connection between the device
	      section and the hardware it is representing.   This  information
	      can usually be found by running the pciaccess tool scanpci.

       Screen  number
	      This option is mandatory for cards where a single PCI entity can
	      drive more than one display (i.e., multiple CRTCs sharing a sin‐
	      gle  graphics accelerator and video memory).  One Device section
	      is required for each head, and this parameter  determines	 which
	      head  each  of the Device sections applies to.  The legal values
	      of number range from 0 to one less  than	the  total  number  of
	      heads  per entity.  Most drivers require that the primary screen
	      (0) be present.

       Chipset	"chipset"
	      This usually optional entry specifies the chipset	 used  on  the
	      graphics	board.	 In  most  cases  this	entry  is not required
	      because the drivers will probe the  hardware  to	determine  the
	      chipset type.  Don't specify it unless the driver-specific docu‐
	      mentation recommends that you do.

       Ramdac  "ramdac-type"
	      This optional entry specifies the type of	 RAMDAC	 used  on  the
	      graphics	board.	This is only used by a few of the drivers, and
	      in most cases it is not required because the drivers will	 probe
	      the hardware to determine the RAMDAC type where possible.	 Don't
	      specify it unless the driver-specific  documentation  recommends
	      that you do.

       DacSpeed	 speed

       DacSpeed	 speed-8 speed-16 speed-24 speed-32
	      This  optional entry specifies the RAMDAC speed rating (which is
	      usually printed on the RAMDAC chip).  The speed is in MHz.  When
	      one  value  is given, it applies to all framebuffer pixel sizes.
	      When multiple values are given, they apply  to  the  framebuffer
	      pixel  sizes 8, 16, 24 and 32 respectively.  This is not used by
	      many drivers, and only needs to be specified when the speed rat‐
	      ing  of  the  RAMDAC  is different from the defaults built in to
	      driver,  or  when	 the  driver  can't  auto-detect  the  correct
	      defaults.	  Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documen‐
	      tation recommends that you do.

       Clocks  clock ...
	      specifies the pixel that are on your graphics board.  The clocks
	      are  in  MHz,  and  may be specified as a floating point number.
	      The value is stored internally to the nearest kHz.  The ordering
	      of  the  clocks  is important.  It must match the order in which
	      they are selected on the graphics board.	Multiple Clocks	 lines
	      may  be  specified,  and	each is concatenated to form the list.
	      Most drivers do not use this entry, and it is only required  for
	      some  older  boards with non-programmable clocks.	 Don't specify
	      this entry unless the driver-specific  documentation  explicitly
	      recommends that you do.

       ClockChip  "clockchip-type"
	      This  optional  entry  is used to specify the clock chip type on
	      graphics boards which have a programmable clock generator.  Only
	      a	 few  Xorg  drivers  support  programmable  clock  chips.  For
	      details, see the appropriate driver manual page.

       VideoRam	 mem
	      This optional entry specifies the amount of video	 ram  that  is
	      installed	 on  the  graphics board.  This is measured in kBytes.
	      In most cases this is  not  required  because  the  Xorg	server
	      probes  the  graphics  board  to	determine  this quantity.  The
	      driver-specific documentation should indicate when it  might  be
	      needed.

       BiosBase	 baseaddress
	      This optional entry specifies the base address of the video BIOS
	      for the VGA board.  This address is normally auto-detected,  and
	      should  only  be	specified if the driver-specific documentation
	      recommends it.

       MemBase	baseaddress
	      This optional entry specifies  the  memory  base	address	 of  a
	      graphics board's linear frame buffer.  This entry is not used by
	      many drivers, and it should only be specified if the driver-spe‐
	      cific documentation recommends it.

       IOBase  baseaddress
	      This  optional  entry specifies the IO base address.  This entry
	      is not used by many drivers, and it should only be specified  if
	      the driver-specific documentation recommends it.

       ChipID  id
	      This  optional  entry  specifies a numerical ID representing the
	      chip type.  For PCI cards, it is usually the  device  ID.	  This
	      can be used to override the auto-detection, but that should only
	      be done when the driver-specific documentation recommends it.

       ChipRev	rev
	      This optional entry specifies the chip  revision	number.	  This
	      can be used to override the auto-detection, but that should only
	      be done when the driver-specific documentation recommends it.

       TextClockFreq  freq
	      This optional entry specifies the pixel clock frequency that  is
	      used  for	 the regular text mode.	 The frequency is specified in
	      MHz.  This is rarely used.

       Option "ModeDebug" "boolean"
	      Enable printing of additional debugging information about	 mode‐
	      setting to the server log.

       Options
	      Option  flags  may  be  specified in the Device sections.	 These
	      include driver-specific options and driver-independent  options.
	      The  former  are described in the driver-specific documentation.
	      Some of the latter are described below in the section about  the
	      Screen section, and they may also be included here.

VIDEOADAPTOR SECTION
       Nobody wants to say how this works.  Maybe nobody knows ...

MONITOR SECTION
       The  config file may have multiple Monitor sections.  There should nor‐
       mally be at least one, for the monitor being used, but a	 default  con‐
       figuration will be created when one isn't specified.

       Monitor sections have the following format:

	   Section "Monitor"
	       Identifier "name"
	       entries
	       ...
	   EndSection

       The only mandatory entry in a Monitor section is the Identifier entry.

       The  Identifier	entry specifies the unique name for this monitor.  The
       Monitor section may be used to provide information about the specifica‐
       tions  of  the monitor, monitor-specific Options, and information about
       the video modes to use with the monitor.

       With RandR 1.2-enabled drivers, monitor sections may be	tied  to  spe‐
       cific  outputs of the video card.  Using the name of the output defined
       by the video driver plus the identifier of a monitor section, one asso‐
       ciates  a  monitor  section  with  an output by adding an option to the
       Device section in the following format:

       Option "Monitor-outputname" "monitorsection"

       (for example, Option "Monitor-VGA" "VGA monitor" for a VGA output)

       In the absence of specific association of monitor sections to  outputs,
       if  a  monitor  section is present the server will associate it with an
       output to preserve compatibility for  previous  single-head  configura‐
       tions.

       Specifying  video modes is optional because the server will use the DDC
       or other information provided by the monitor to automatically configure
       the  list  of  modes available.	When modes are specified explicitly in
       the Monitor section (with the Modes, ModeLine, or  UseModes  keywords),
       built-in	 modes	with  the same names are not included.	Built-in modes
       with different names are, however, still implicitly included, when they
       meet the requirements of the monitor.

       The entries that may be used in Monitor sections are described below.

       VendorName  "vendor"
	      This optional entry specifies the monitor's manufacturer.

       ModelName  "model"
	      This optional entry specifies the monitor's model.

       HorizSync  horizsync-range
	      gives  the  range(s) of horizontal sync frequencies supported by
	      the monitor.  horizsync-range may be a comma separated  list  of
	      either  discrete	values or ranges of values.  A range of values
	      is two values separated by a dash.  By default the values are in
	      units  of	 kHz.  They may be specified in MHz or Hz if MHz or Hz
	      is added to the end of the line.	The data given here is used by
	      the Xorg server to determine if video modes are within the spec‐
	      ifications of the monitor.  This information should be available
	      in  the monitor's handbook.  If this entry is omitted, a default
	      range of 28-33kHz is used.

       VertRefresh  vertrefresh-range
	      gives the range(s) of vertical refresh frequencies supported  by
	      the monitor.  vertrefresh-range may be a comma separated list of
	      either discrete values or ranges of values.  A range  of	values
	      is two values separated by a dash.  By default the values are in
	      units of Hz.  They may be specified in MHz or kHz if MHz or  kHz
	      is added to the end of the line.	The data given here is used by
	      the Xorg server to determine if video modes are within the spec‐
	      ifications of the monitor.  This information should be available
	      in the monitor's handbook.  If this entry is omitted, a  default
	      range of 43-72Hz is used.

       DisplaySize  width height
	      This  optional entry gives the width and height, in millimetres,
	      of the picture area of the monitor.  If given this  is  used  to
	      calculate the horizontal and vertical pitch (DPI) of the screen.

       Gamma  gamma-value

       Gamma  red-gamma green-gamma blue-gamma
	      This  is an optional entry that can be used to specify the gamma
	      correction for the monitor.  It may be  specified	 as  either  a
	      single value or as three separate RGB values.  The values should
	      be in the range 0.1 to 10.0, and the default is  1.0.   Not  all
	      drivers are capable of using this information.

       UseModes	 "modesection-id"
	      Include the set of modes listed in the Modes section called mod‐
	      esection-id.  This makes all of the modes defined in  that  sec‐
	      tion available for use by this monitor.

       Mode  "name"
	      This is an optional multi-line entry that can be used to provide
	      definitions for video modes for the monitor.  In most cases this
	      isn't  necessary because the built-in set of VESA standard modes
	      will be sufficient.  The Mode keyword indicates the start	 of  a
	      multi-line video mode description.  The mode description is ter‐
	      minated with the EndMode keyword.	 The mode description consists
	      of the following entries:

	      DotClock	clock
		  is the dot (pixel) clock rate to be used for the mode.

	      HTimings	hdisp hsyncstart hsyncend htotal
		  specifies the horizontal timings for the mode.

	      VTimings	vdisp vsyncstart vsyncend vtotal
		  specifies the vertical timings for the mode.

	      Flags  "flag" ...
		  specifies  an optional set of mode flags, each of which is a
		  separate string in  double  quotes.	"Interlace"  indicates
		  that	the mode is interlaced.	 "DoubleScan" indicates a mode
		  where each scanline is doubled.  "+HSync" and	 "-HSync"  can
		  be  used  to	select	the  polarity  of  the	HSync  signal.
		  "+VSync" and "-VSync" can be used to select the polarity  of
		  the  VSync  signal.  "Composite" can be used to specify com‐
		  posite sync on hardware where this is supported.   Addition‐
		  ally, on some hardware, "+CSync" and "-CSync" may be used to
		  select the composite sync polarity.

	      HSkew  hskew
		  specifies the number of pixels (towards the  right  edge  of
		  the  screen)	by  which  the	display enable signal is to be
		  skewed.  Not all drivers use this information.  This	option
		  might	 become	 necessary  to override the default value sup‐
		  plied by the server (if  any).   “Roving”  horizontal	 lines
		  indicate  this value needs to be increased.  If the last few
		  pixels on a scan line appear on the left of the screen, this
		  value should be decreased.

	      VScan  vscan
		  specifies  the  number  of times each scanline is painted on
		  the screen.  Not all drivers use this	 information.	Values
		  less	than 1 are treated as 1, which is the default.	Gener‐
		  ally, the "DoubleScan" Flag  mentioned  above	 doubles  this
		  value.

       ModeLine	 "name" mode-description
	      This  entry  is a more compact version of the Mode entry, and it
	      also can be used to specify video modes for the monitor.	 is  a
	      single  line  format  for specifying video modes.	 In most cases
	      this isn't necessary because the built-in set of	VESA  standard
	      modes will be sufficient.

	      The  mode-description  is	 in  four sections, the first three of
	      which are mandatory.  The first is the dot (pixel) clock.	  This
	      is  a single number specifying the pixel clock rate for the mode
	      in MHz.  The second section is a list of four numbers specifying
	      the  horizontal  timings.	  These	 numbers are the hdisp, hsync‐
	      start, hsyncend, and htotal values.  The third section is a list
	      of  four numbers specifying the vertical timings.	 These numbers
	      are the vdisp, vsyncstart, vsyncend,  and	 vtotal	 values.   The
	      final  section  is a list of flags specifying other characteris‐
	      tics of the mode.	 Interlace indicates that the mode  is	inter‐
	      laced.   DoubleScan indicates a mode where each scanline is dou‐
	      bled.  +HSync and -HSync can be used to select the  polarity  of
	      the  HSync  signal.  +VSync and -VSync can be used to select the
	      polarity of the VSync signal.  Composite can be used to  specify
	      composite	 sync  on hardware where this is supported.  Addition‐
	      ally, on some hardware, +CSync and -CSync may be used to	select
	      the  composite  sync polarity.  The HSkew and VScan options men‐
	      tioned above in the Modes entry description  can	also  be  used
	      here.

       Option "DPMS"  "bool"
	      This  option  controls whether the server should enable the DPMS
	      extension for power management for this screen.  The default  is
	      to enable the extension.

       Option "SyncOnGreen"  "bool"
	      This  option  controls  whether  the video card should drive the
	      sync signal on the green color pin.  Not all cards support  this
	      option,  and  most  monitors  do not require it.	The default is
	      off.

       Option "Primary"	 "bool"
	      This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be treated
	      as  the  primary	monitor.  (RandR  1.2-supporting drivers only)
	      Option "PreferredMode"  "string" This optional entry specifies a
	      mode  to be marked as the preferred initial mode of the monitor.
	      (RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)

       Option "Position"  "x y"
	      This optional entry specifies the position of the monitor within
	      the X screen.  (RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)

       Option "LeftOf"	"output"
	      This  optional  entry specifies that the monitor should be posi‐
	      tioned to the left of the output	(not  monitor)	of  the	 given
	      name.  (RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)

       Option "RightOf"	 "output"
	      This  optional  entry specifies that the monitor should be posi‐
	      tioned to the right of the output (not  monitor)	of  the	 given
	      name.  (RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)

       Option "Above"  "output"
	      This  optional  entry specifies that the monitor should be posi‐
	      tioned above the output (not monitor) of the given name.	(RandR
	      1.2-supporting drivers only)

       Option "Below"  "output"
	      This  optional  entry specifies that the monitor should be posi‐
	      tioned below the output (not monitor) of the given name.	(RandR
	      1.2-supporting drivers only)

       Option "Enable"	"bool"
	      This  optional  entry  specifies	whether	 the monitor should be
	      turned on at startup.  By default, the server  will  attempt  to
	      enable  all  connected  monitors.	 (RandR 1.2-supporting drivers
	      only)

       Option "MinClock"  "frequency"
	      This optional entry specifies the minimum	 dot  clock,  in  kHz,
	      that is supported by the monitor.

       Option "MaxClock"  "frequency"
	      This  optional  entry  specifies	the maximum dot clock, in kHz,
	      that is supported by the monitor.

       Option "Ignore"	"bool"
	      This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be ignored
	      entirely, and not reported through RandR.	 This is useful if the
	      hardware reports the  presence  of  outputs  that	 don't	exist.
	      (RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)

       Option "Rotate"	"rotation"
	      This  optional entry specifies the initial rotation of the given
	      monitor.	 Valid	values	for  rotation  are  "normal",  "left",
	      "right", and "inverted".	(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)

MODES SECTION
       The  config file may have multiple Modes sections, or none.  These sec‐
       tions provide a way of defining sets of video  modes  independently  of
       the  Monitor  sections.	 Monitor  sections may include the definitions
       provided in these sections by using  the	 UseModes  keyword.   In  most
       cases  the Modes sections are not necessary because the built-in set of
       VESA standard modes will be sufficient.

       Modes sections have the following format:

	   Section "Modes"
	       Identifier "name"
	       entries
	       ...
	   EndSection

       The Identifier entry specifies the unique name for  this	 set  of  mode
       descriptions.   The  other  entries permitted in Modes sections are the
       Mode and ModeLine entries that are described above in the Monitor  sec‐
       tion.

SCREEN SECTION
       The  config  file  may have multiple Screen sections.  There must be at
       least one, for the “screen” being  used.	  A  “screen”  represents  the
       binding	of  a  graphics device (Device section) and a monitor (Monitor
       section).  A Screen section is considered “active” if it is  referenced
       by  an  active  ServerLayout  section  or  by  the -screen command line
       option.	If neither of those is present, the first Screen section found
       in the config file is considered the active one.

       Screen sections have the following format:

	   Section "Screen"
	       Identifier "name"
	       Device	  "devid"
	       Monitor	  "monid"
	       entries
	       ...
	       SubSection "Display"
		  entries
		  ...
	       EndSubSection
	       ...
	   EndSection

       The  Identifier	and  Device  entries  are  mandatory.	All others are
       optional.

       The Identifier entry specifies the unique name for  this	 screen.   The
       Screen  section	provides  information  specific	 to  the whole screen,
       including screen-specific Options.  In multi-head configurations, there
       will  be	 multiple  active  Screen  sections,  one  for each head.  The
       entries available for this section are:

       Device  "device-id"
	      This mandatory entry specifies the Device section to be used for
	      this  screen.   This  is what ties a specific graphics card to a
	      screen.  The device-id must match the  Identifier	 of  a	Device
	      section in the config file.

       Monitor	"monitor-id"
	      specifies	 which	monitor	 description  is  to  be used for this
	      screen.  If a Monitor name is not specified, a default  configu‐
	      ration  is  used.	  Currently  the default configuration may not
	      function as expected on all platforms.

       VideoAdaptor  "xv-id"
	      specifies an optional Xv video adaptor description  to  be  used
	      with this screen.

       DefaultDepth  depth
	      specifies	 which	color  depth the server should use by default.
	      The -depth command line option can be used to override this.  If
	      neither  is specified, the default depth is driver-specific, but
	      in most cases is 8.

       DefaultFbBpp  bpp
	      specifies which framebuffer  layout  to  use  by	default.   The
	      -fbbpp  command  line  option  can be used to override this.  In
	      most cases the driver will chose	the  best  default  value  for
	      this.   The only case where there is even a choice in this value
	      is for depth 24, where some hardware supports both a  packed  24
	      bit framebuffer layout and a sparse 32 bit framebuffer layout.

       Options
	      Various  Option  flags  may  be specified in the Screen section.
	      Some are driver-specific and are described in the	 driver	 docu‐
	      mentation.   Others  are driver-independent, and will eventually
	      be described here.

       Option "Accel"
	      Enables XAA (X  Acceleration  Architecture),  a  mechanism  that
	      makes  video  cards'  2D	hardware acceleration available to the
	      Xorg server.  This option is on by default, but it may be neces‐
	      sary  to turn it off if there are bugs in the driver.  There are
	      many options to disable specific accelerated operations,	listed
	      below.   Note that disabling an operation will have no effect if
	      the operation is not accelerated (whether due to lack of support
	      in the hardware or in the driver).

       Option "InitPrimary" "boolean"
	      Use  the	Int10  module to initialize the primary graphics card.
	      Normally, only secondary cards are soft-booted using  the	 Int10
	      module,  as the primary card has already been initialized by the
	      BIOS at boot time.  Default: false.

       Option "NoInt10" "boolean"
	      Disables the Int10 module, a module that uses the int10 call  to
	      the BIOS of the graphics card to initialize it.  Default: false.

       Option "NoMTRR"
	      Disables MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support, a feature of
	      modern processors which can improve video performance by a  fac‐
	      tor  of  up  to  2.5.  Some hardware has buggy MTRR support, and
	      some video drivers have been  known  to  exhibit	problems  when
	      MTRR's are used.

       Option "XaaNoCPUToScreenColorExpandFill"
	      Disables	accelerated  rectangular  expansion  blits from source
	      patterns stored in system memory (using  a  memory-mapped	 aper‐
	      ture).

       Option "XaaNoColor8x8PatternFillRect"
	      Disables	accelerated  fills  of	a  rectangular	region	with a
	      full-color pattern.

       Option "XaaNoColor8x8PatternFillTrap"
	      Disables accelerated  fills  of  a  trapezoidal  region  with  a
	      full-color pattern.

       Option "XaaNoDashedBresenhamLine"
	      Disables accelerated dashed Bresenham line draws.

       Option "XaaNoDashedTwoPointLine"
	      Disables	accelerated  dashed  line  draws between two arbitrary
	      points.

       Option "XaaNoImageWriteRect"
	      Disables accelerated transfers of	 full-color  rectangular  pat‐
	      terns  from system memory to video memory (using a memory-mapped
	      aperture).

       Option "XaaNoMono8x8PatternFillRect"
	      Disables accelerated fills of a rectangular region with a	 mono‐
	      chrome pattern.

       Option "XaaNoMono8x8PatternFillTrap"
	      Disables	accelerated fills of a trapezoidal region with a mono‐
	      chrome pattern.

       Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps"
	      Disables accelerated draws  into	pixmaps	 stored	 in  offscreen
	      video memory.

       Option "XaaNoPixmapCache"
	      Disables caching of patterns in offscreen video memory.

       Option "XaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill"
	      Disables	accelerated  rectangular  expansion  blits from source
	      patterns stored in system memory (one scan line at a time).

       Option "XaaNoScanlineImageWriteRect"
	      Disables accelerated transfers of	 full-color  rectangular  pat‐
	      terns  from  system  memory  to video memory (one scan line at a
	      time).

       Option "XaaNoScreenToScreenColorExpandFill"
	      Disables accelerated rectangular	expansion  blits  from	source
	      patterns stored in offscreen video memory.

       Option "XaaNoScreenToScreenCopy"
	      Disables accelerated copies of rectangular regions from one part
	      of video memory to another part of video memory.

       Option "XaaNoSolidBresenhamLine"
	      Disables accelerated solid Bresenham line draws.

       Option "XaaNoSolidFillRect"
	      Disables accelerated solid-color fills of rectangles.

       Option "XaaNoSolidFillTrap"
	      Disables accelerated solid-color fills of Bresenham trapezoids.

       Option "XaaNoSolidHorVertLine"
	      Disables accelerated solid horizontal and vertical line draws.

       Option "XaaNoSolidTwoPointLine"
	      Disables accelerated solid  line	draws  between	two  arbitrary
	      points.

       Each  Screen section may optionally contain one or more Display subsec‐
       tions.  Those subsections provide  depth/fbbpp  specific	 configuration
       information,  and the one chosen depends on the depth and/or fbbpp that
       is being used  for  the	screen.	  The  Display	subsection  format  is
       described in the section below.

DISPLAY SUBSECTION
       Each  Screen  section  may  have	 multiple  Display  subsections.   The
       “active” Display subsection is the first that matches the depth	and/or
       fbbpp  values being used, or failing that, the first that has neither a
       depth or fbbpp value specified.	The Display subsections are  optional.
       When  there  isn't one that matches the depth and/or fbbpp values being
       used, all the parameters that can be specified here fall back to	 their
       defaults.

       Display subsections have the following format:

	       SubSection "Display"
		   Depth  depth
		   entries
		   ...
	       EndSubSection

       Depth  depth
	      This entry specifies what colour depth the Display subsection is
	      to be used for.  This entry is usually specified, but it may  be
	      omitted to create a match-all Display subsection or when wishing
	      to match only against the FbBpp parameter.  The range  of	 depth
	      values  that  are	 allowed  depends on the driver.  Most drivers
	      support 8, 15, 16 and 24.	 Some also support  1  and/or  4,  and
	      some  may support other values (like 30).	 Note: depth means the
	      number of bits in a pixel that are actually  used	 to  determine
	      the pixel colour.	 32 is not a valid depth value.	 Most hardware
	      that uses 32 bits per pixel only uses 24 of  them	 to  hold  the
	      colour information, which means that the colour depth is 24, not
	      32.

       FbBpp  bpp
	      This entry specifies the framebuffer format this Display subsec‐
	      tion  is to be used for.	This entry is only needed when provid‐
	      ing depth 24 configurations that allow a choice between a 24 bpp
	      packed framebuffer format and a 32bpp sparse framebuffer format.
	      In most cases this entry should not be used.

       Weight  red-weight green-weight blue-weight
	      This optional entry specifies the relative RGB weighting	to  be
	      used  for	 a  screen  is being used at depth 16 for drivers that
	      allow multiple formats.  This may also  be  specified  from  the
	      command line with the -weight option (see Xorg(1)).

       Virtual	xdim ydim
	      This  optional  entry specifies the virtual screen resolution to
	      be used.	xdim must be a multiple of either 8  or	 16  for  most
	      drivers,	and  a multiple of 32 when running in monochrome mode.
	      The given value will be rounded down if this is  not  the	 case.
	      Video  modes  which are too large for the specified virtual size
	      will be rejected.	 If this entry is  not	present,  the  virtual
	      screen resolution will be set to accommodate all the valid video
	      modes given in the Modes entry.  Some drivers/hardware  combina‐
	      tions  do not support virtual screens.  Refer to the appropriate
	      driver-specific documentation for details.

       ViewPort	 x0 y0
	      This optional entry sets the upper left corner  of  the  initial
	      display.	 This is only relevant when the virtual screen resolu‐
	      tion is different from the resolution of the initial video mode.
	      If  this	entry  is  not given, then the initial display will be
	      centered in the virtual display area.

       Modes  "mode-name" ...
	      This optional entry specifies the list of video  modes  to  use.
	      Each  mode-name  specified  must be in double quotes.  They must
	      correspond to those specified or referenced in  the  appropriate
	      Monitor  section	(including implicitly referenced built-in VESA
	      standard modes).	The server will delete modes  from  this  list
	      which  don't satisfy various requirements.  The first valid mode
	      in this list will be the default display mode for startup.   The
	      list  of	valid  modes  is  converted internally into a circular
	      list.   It  is  possible	to  switch  to	the  next  mode	  with
	      Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus and to the previous mode with Ctrl+Alt+Key‐
	      pad-Minus.  When this entry is omitted, the valid	 modes	refer‐
	      enced  by	 the appropriate Monitor section will be used.	If the
	      Monitor section contains no modes, then the  selection  will  be
	      taken from the built-in VESA standard modes.

       Visual  "visual-name"
	      This optional entry sets the default root visual type.  This may
	      also be specified from the command line (see the Xserver(1)  man
	      page).   The  visual types available for depth 8 are (default is
	      PseudoColor):

		  StaticGray
		  GrayScale
		  StaticColor
		  PseudoColor
		  TrueColor
		  DirectColor

	      The visual type available for the	 depths	 15,  16  and  24  are
	      (default is TrueColor):

		  TrueColor
		  DirectColor

	      Not all drivers support DirectColor at these depths.

	      The visual types available for the depth 4 are (default is Stat‐
	      icColor):

		  StaticGray
		  GrayScale
		  StaticColor
		  PseudoColor

	      The visual type available for the depth 1 (monochrome) is	 Stat‐
	      icGray.

       Black  red green blue
	      This  optional  entry allows the “black” colour to be specified.
	      This is only supported at depth 1.  The default is black.

       White  red green blue
	      This optional entry allows the “white” colour to	be  specified.
	      This is only supported at depth 1.  The default is white.

       Options
	      Option flags may be specified in the Display subsections.	 These
	      may  include  driver-specific  options  and   driver-independent
	      options.	 The former are described in the driver-specific docu‐
	      mentation.  Some of the latter are described above in  the  sec‐
	      tion  about  the	Screen	section, and they may also be included
	      here.

SERVERLAYOUT SECTION
       The config file may have multiple  ServerLayout	sections.   A  “server
       layout” represents the binding of one or more screens (Screen sections)
       and one or more input devices (InputDevice sections) to form a complete
       configuration.	In  multi-head	configurations,	 it also specifies the
       relative layout of the heads.  A	 ServerLayout  section	is  considered
       “active”	 if  it is referenced by the -layout command line option or by
       an Option "DefaultServerLayout" entry in the ServerFlags	 section  (the
       former  takes  precedence  over	the latter).  If those options are not
       used, the first ServerLayout section found in the config file  is  con‐
       sidered	the  active one.  If no ServerLayout sections are present, the
       single active screen and two active (core) input devices	 are  selected
       as described in the relevant sections above.

       ServerLayout sections have the following format:

	   Section "ServerLayout"
	       Identifier   "name"
	       Screen	    "screen-id"
	       ...
	       InputDevice  "idev-id"
	       ...
	       options
	       ...
	   EndSection

       Each  ServerLayout  section  must have an Identifier entry and at least
       one Screen entry.

       The Identifier entry specifies the unique name for this server  layout.
       The  ServerLayout  section  provides  information specific to the whole
       session, including session-specific Options.  The  ServerFlags  options
       (described  above)  may be specified here, and ones given here override
       those given in the ServerFlags section.

       The entries that may be used in this section are described here.

       Screen  screen-num "screen-id" position-information
	      One of these entries must be given for each screen being used in
	      a	 session.  The screen-id field is mandatory, and specifies the
	      Screen  section  being  referenced.   The	 screen-num  field  is
	      optional,	 and  may  be  used  to	 specify  the screen number in
	      multi-head configurations.  When	this  field  is	 omitted,  the
	      screens  will  be numbered in the order that they are listed in.
	      The numbering starts from 0, and must be consecutive.  The posi‐
	      tion-information	field  describes  the way multiple screens are
	      positioned.  There are a number  of  different  ways  that  this
	      information can be provided:

	      x y

	      Absolute	x y
		  These	 both specify that the upper left corner's coordinates
		  are (x,y).  The Absolute keyword is  optional.   Some	 older
		  versions  of	XFree86	 (4.2 and earlier) don't recognise the
		  Absolute keyword, so it's safest to just specify the coordi‐
		  nates without it.

	      RightOf	"screen-id"

	      LeftOf	"screen-id"

	      Above	"screen-id"

	      Below	"screen-id"

	      Relative	"screen-id" x y
		  These give the screen's location relative to another screen.
		  The first four position the screen immediately to the right,
		  left,	 above or below the other screen.  When positioning to
		  the right or left, the top edges are	aligned.   When	 posi‐
		  tioning  above  or  below,  the left edges are aligned.  The
		  Relative form specifies the offset of	 the  screen's	origin
		  (upper  left	corner)	 relative  to  the  origin  of another
		  screen.

       InputDevice  "idev-id" "option" ...
	      One of these entries should be given for each input device being
	      used in a session.  Normally at least two are required, one each
	      for the core pointer and keyboard devices.  If either  of	 those
	      is  missing, suitable InputDevice entries are searched for using
	      the method described above  in  the  INPUTDEVICE	section.   The
	      idev-id field is mandatory, and specifies the name of the Input‐
	      Device section being referenced.	Multiple option fields may  be
	      specified,  each	in  double quotes.  The options permitted here
	      are any that may also be	given  in  the	InputDevice  sections.
	      Normally	only  session-specific	input  device options would be
	      used here.  The most commonly used options are:

		  "CorePointer"
		  "CoreKeyboard"
		  "SendCoreEvents"

	      and the first two should normally be used to indicate  the  core
	      pointer and core keyboard devices respectively.

       Options
	      In  addition  to	the  following,	 any  option  permitted in the
	      ServerFlags section may also be specified here.  When  the  same
	      option  appears  in  both places, the value given here overrides
	      the one given in the ServerFlags section.

       Option "IsolateDevice"  "bus-id"
	      Restrict device resets to the specified bus-id.  See  the	 BusID
	      option  (described  in  DEVICE SECTION, above) for the format of
	      the bus-id parameter.   This  option  overrides  SingleCard,  if
	      specified.  At present, only PCI devices can be isolated in this
	      manner.

       Option "SingleCard"  "boolean"
	      As IsolateDevice, except that the bus ID of the first device  in
	      the layout is used.

       Here is an example of a ServerLayout section for a dual headed configu‐
       ration with two mice:

	   Section "ServerLayout"
	       Identifier  "Layout 1"
	       Screen	   "MGA 1"
	       Screen	   "MGA 2" RightOf "MGA 1"
	       InputDevice "Keyboard 1" "CoreKeyboard"
	       InputDevice "Mouse 1"	"CorePointer"
	       InputDevice "Mouse 2"	"SendCoreEvents"
	       Option	   "BlankTime"	"5"
	   EndSection

DRI SECTION
       This optional section is used  to  provide  some	 information  for  the
       Direct Rendering Infrastructure.	 Details about the format of this sec‐
       tion can be found in the README.DRI document, which is  also  available
       on-line at <http://dri.freedesktop.org/>.

VENDOR SECTION
       The optional Vendor section may be used to provide vendor-specific con‐
       figuration information.	Multiple Vendor sections may be	 present,  and
       they  may  contain  an Identifier entry and multiple Option flags.  The
       data therein is not used in this release.

SEE ALSO
       General: X(7), Xserver(1), Xorg(1), cvt(1), gtf(1).

       Not all modules or interfaces are available on all platforms.

       Display	drivers:  apm(4),  ati(4),  chips(4),	cirrus(4),   cyrix(4),
       fbdev(4),  glide(4),  glint(4),	i128(4),  i740(4), imstt(4), intel(4),
       mga(4), neomagic(4), nv(4), openchrome(4), r128(4),  radeon(4),	rendi‐
       tion(4),	 savage(4),  s3virge(4),  siliconmotion(4), sis(4), sisusb(4),
       sunbw2(4),  suncg14(4),	suncg3(4),  suncg6(4),	sunffb(4),  sunleo(4),
       suntcx(4),   tdfx(4),   trident(4),   tseng(4),	 vesa(4),   vmware(4),
       voodoo(4), wsfb(4), xgi(4), xgixp(4).

       Input drivers: acecad(4), calcomp(4),  citron(4),  dmc(4),  dynapro(4),
       elographics(4), evdev(4), fpit(4), js_x(4), joystick(4), kbd(4), magic‐
       touch(4),  microtouch(4),  mousedrv(4),	mutouch(4),  palmax(4),	  pen‐
       mount(4),   synaptics(4),  tek4957(4),  ur98(4),	 vmmouse(4),  void(4),
       wacom(4).

       Other modules and interfaces: exa(4), fbdevhw(4), v4l(4).

AUTHORS
       This   manual   page   was   largely   rewritten	  by	David	 Dawes
       <dawes@xfree86.org>.

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